Retrieving current file name

[Penfold]

I'm not sure whether I'm having a mental blank or not. Is there a simple formula that lists the current excel file you're in? I know that you can use INFO("directory") to get the path name, but what about the file name?

Thanks.

Penfold

[Dave Hawley]

Hi Penfold

I have a couple of UDF's here that may suit you:
http://www.ozgrid.com/VBA/WorkbookPath.htm

[Penfold]

Thanks Dave, I was hoping that Excel would already have a built in way of doing it, but it appears not. I'll have to use the User Defined Function instead.

Nice website btw. I just discovered I've been using dynamic ranges without even knowing that I've been doing it. Ah OFFSET - hell to learn but mighty powerful once you understand it!

Cheers,

Penfold

[Dave Hawley]

Hi Penfold

There is a nested formula that does this it's:

=MID(CELL("fileName"),FIND("[",CELL("fileName"))+1,FIND("]",CELL("fileName"))-FIND("[",CELL("fileName"))-1)

[Penfold]

OK, now have the path & file name working ok via the User Defined Function, however the damn thing is not updating even when pressing recalc (F9). How do you get it to automatically recalculate the function when opening the file?

[Dave Hawley]

Put:

Application.Volatile

as the first line

[Autolycus]

Here's another way.

Define a Name called WB and type in the RefersTo box :-
=GET.DOCUMENT(88)

Typing =WB in any cell will return the workbook name.

[Penfold]

Ah, thanks Dave.

Penfold